More money per student. So why are schools still cutting?
May 20, 2026
More money per student. So why are schools still cutting?
Fort Lupton Press
Last fall, Adams 12 World History teacher Jim Madole said his class sizes at Horizon High had grown from around 28 to 35 students. A colleague with 21 years of teaching experience was mowing lawns on the side to make ends meet. Others had already left for Boulder Valley, where salaries are higher.
Chalkbeat
As the school year begins, leaders at Denver’s Bluff Lake Nature Center are searching for a way to keep offering publicly funded enrichment classes...
Boardhawk
Last week, with the release of the 2026 state testing CMAS results, we published longtime educator and education advocate van Schoales’ examination of the USNWR report.
The 74
With new state-level programs quickly redrawing the map of school choice over the last few years, a central question may determine the movement’s continued success.
RMV
Douglas County has long been known as a community that values school choice, which is one reason a resolution recently advanced by the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education deserves much more attention than it has received.
Boardhawk
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, referring to a highly questionable national magazine rating, says in today’s state testing press release that Colorado is number one in education.
